Costa / Kahn Heroes and Cowards

The Social Face of War
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-2975-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten

Dora L. Costa is the author of The Evolution of Retirement: An American Economic History, 1880-1990. She teaches at the University of California, Los Angeles. Matthew E. Kahn is the author of Green Cities: Urban Growth and the Environment. He also teaches at UCLA. Costa and Kahn are research associates at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Costa, Dora L.

Kahn, Matthew E.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Plates xv

Preface xvii

Acknowledgments xxiii

Chapter 1: Loyalty and Sacrifice 1

Chapter 2: Why the U.S. Civil War? 26

Chapter 3: Building the Armies 46

Chapter 4: Heroes and Cowards 80

Chapter 5: POW Camp Survivors 120

Chapter 6: The Homecoming of Heroes and Cowards 160

Chapter 7: Slaves Become Freemen 187

Chapter 8: Learning from the Past 215

Appendix: Records and Collection Methods 227

Notes 243

Bibliography 273

Index 291

Über Autor(innen)

Dora L. Costa is the author of The Evolution of Retirement: An American Economic History, 1880-1990. She teaches at the University of California, Los Angeles. Matthew E. Kahn is the author of Green Cities: Urban Growth and the Environment. He also teaches at UCLA. Costa and Kahn are research associates at the National Bureau of Economic Research.